Qintus Horatius Flaccus
Ancient Rome
8 Dec -65 // 27 Nov -8
Poet
8 Dec -65 // 27 Nov -8
Poet
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What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to the trustworthy eye
We rarely find anyone who can say he has lived a happy life, and who, content with his life, can retire from the world like a satisfied guest
We are free to yield to truth
Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor
The pen is the tongue of the mind
The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes
The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor
The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice
Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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